Psalms 83
1 “A song or psalm of Assaph.” O God, take no rest for thyself: be not silent and keep not still, O God!
[A song. A Psalm by Asaph.] God, do not be silent. Do not be deaf, and do not be inactive, God.
2 For, lo, thy enemies make a tumult, and they that hate thee have lifted up their head.
For, look, your enemies make an uproar. Those who hate you are hostile.
3 Against thy people they take crafty secret device, and they consult against those whom thou protectest.
They devise crafty plans against your people, and conspire together against your treasured ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; and the name of Israel shall be remembered no more.
They say, "Come, and let us annihilate them as a nation; let the name of Israel may be remembered no more."
5 For they have consulted cordially together; against thee they make a covenant:
For they plot a unified strategy; they make a covenant against you;
6 The tents of Edom, and the Ishmaelites: Moab, and the Hagarenes;
the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab, and the Hagrites,
7 Gebal, and 'Ammon, and 'Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;
Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre.
8 Also Asshur is joined with them; they have become an arm unto the children of Lot. (Selah)
Assyria too is joined with them; they lend support to the descendants of Lot. (Selah)
9 Do unto them as [unto] Midian; as to Sissera, as to Jabin, at the brook Kishon:
Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera, as to Jabin at the Kishon River,
10 Who were annihilated at 'En-dor; they became as dung for the ground.
who were destroyed at Endor, who became manure for the ground.
11 Render them, their nobles, like 'Oreb, and like Zeeb; yea, like Zebach and like Zalmunna' all their princes;
Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna,
12 Who said, Let us conquer for ourselves the dwellings of God,
who said, "Let us take possession for ourselves the pastures of God."
13 O my God, render them like the thistle-down, like stubble before the wind.
My God, make them like tumbleweed; like dead weeds blown by the wind.
14 As the fire burneth up a forest, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire:
Like a fire that consumes a forest, and like the flames that consume the mountains,
15 So pursue them with thy storm, and with thy whirlwind do thou terrify them.
so pursue them with your gale winds, and terrify them with your storm.
16 Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek thy name, O Lord!
Cover their faces with shame, so that they might seek your name, LORD.
17 Let them be made ashamed and terrified for ever and aye; yea, let them be put to the blush and perish:
Let them be put to shame and terrified forever; let them perish in disgrace,
18 That they may know that thou, whose name is the Eternal, art by thyself alone, the Most High over all the earth.
that they will know that you alone, whose name is the LORD, are the Most High over all the earth.
